Post your Augustus coins. On this day, Octavian became Augustus, beginning the Roman Empire

On January 16, 27 BC, the Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus, thus beginning the Roman Empire.

Post your coins of Augustus!


Roman AR Denarius
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint,15-13 BC.
3.42 gm; 17.8 mm
Obv: AVGVSTVS DIVI F, bare head right
Rev: IMP X, Apollo Citharoedus of Actium, wearing long drapery, standing facing, head left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre in left.
Refs: RIC 171a; BMCRE 461; Sear 1611; Cohen 144


AUGUSTUS AND LIVIA
Roman provincial AE 31
Spain, Hispalis, Colonia Romula, AD 14-29
21.48 g, 31 mm
Obv: PERM DIVI AVG COL ROM, radiate head of Augustus r.; thunderbolt before, star above.
Rev: IVLIA AVGVSTA GENETRIX ORBIS, head of Livia, l.; globe beneath, crescent above.
Refs: RPC-73; SGI-189; Heiss 393, 2; Cohen 169, 3; Alvarez-Burgos 1587; Lindgren II 69; SNG Tubingen 118; SNG Copenhagen 423.13.35

 

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Ave, Augustus!


AUGUSTUS
AE As. 10.88g, 30mm. Rome mint, AD 11-12. RIC 471. O: IMP CAESAR DIVI F AVGVSTVS IMP XX, bare head of Augustus left. R: PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII around large S C.

 

Cool Posts!!

Of course, I also have a few of Augustus....and here are two examples I haven't posted for quite a while----one a denarius of a youthful JC and nephew...and the other a probable fourree with the crocodile reverse:

 

I keep putting off buying some decent coins of Augustus. There always seems to be some other coin that bumps him down the list. One of these days I'll get a couple of nice denarii, one as Octavian and one as Augustus. There are so many historically notable choices!

One of the worst coins in my collection is this Augustus of Roman Egypt. I'd sure like to find a better one. Part of why I bought it is the catalog number (is that a silly reason or what? ): Emmett 1.


EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus
80 drachmai (diobol); 26 mm, 14.2 gm
First series, struck circa 30-28 BC
Obv: bare head right
Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right
Ref: Emmett 1; RPC I 5001

A blurb about the type from CNG:

"The first coinage of the new province of Egypt was a direct copy of the bronze coinage of Cleopatra, the last Ptolemaic ruler, with the portrait of Augustus replacing the Queen’s. Egypt, wealthy and a vital source of grain for the empire, was to be never allowed again as a potential leaping-off point for a rival emperor. The new province was held under tight control by the emperor. Its governor was to be an equestrian prefect answerable to Augustus, with a legion under his direct command. The Senate would have no say in the administration of the province, and in fact, senators were forbidden to travel there without permission."

A nicer coin of Augustus, with his trusty lieutenant, Agrippa, commemorating their Old Soldier's Retirement Community :


Augustus & Agrippa
Gaul, Nemausus, c. 10 BCE - CE 10
AE dupondius
Obv: IMP/DIVI; heads of Agrippa to left, wearing combined rostral crown and laurel wreath, and of Augustus to right, wearing oak wreath, back to back
Rev: COL-NEM; long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right; two palm fronds below
Ref: RIC 158; AMC 425; Cohen 10; RPC 524

 

Can I have this one, although it was struck under Tiberius


Augustus
Coin: Bronze As
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER - Radiate head left, star above, thunderbolt to left
S-C - Female (Livia?) seated right, holding patera and sceptre
Mint: Rome
Wt./Size/Axis: 10.11g / 27mm / -
Rarity: R3
References:

• RIC I (Tiberius) 72

 

Great coins all

One out my collection

 

I don't think I've shown this one before:

The reverse shows Mars with military standard and aquila with the inscription Signis Receptis. This is part of a fairly extensive issue (with several different designs) commemorating the return of the standards that had been captured by the Parthians in previous decades (mainly from Crassus's debacle at Carrhae). Clearly Augustus considered this concession from Parthia to be a major accomplishment, and he wanted to make sure everyone knew about it.

 

Yay!

Erin

 

Augustus (27 BC-14 AD)
AR Tetradrachm
Syria-Antiochia ad Orontem
O: KAIΣAPOΣ ΣEB_AΣTOY, Laureate head right
R: ETOYΣ-ZK-NIKHΣ, Tyche seated right on rocks, palm branch in left hand, river god Orontes swimming right below, YPA monogram, IB / ANT monogram in right field Regnal Year 27 (5/4 BC), COS 12.
27mm
14.06g
Prieur 51; RPC 4152; McAlee 181
Ex David Hendin, 2004

Note: The ZK breaking the reverse legend is the regnal year 27, IB is for consulship 12. Minted in what is possibly the year of the birth of Jesus Christ.



KINGS of THRACE, Sapaian. Rhoemetalces I, with Pythodoris, Augustus, and Livia (Late 1st century BC-AD)
Æ 27
O: Heads of Augustus, laureate, and Livia, conjoined right; to right, capricorn right, holding globe.
R: Diademed head of Rhoemetalces and draped bust of Pythodoris, conjoined right.
27mm
13.8g
Youroukova 182-4, 186; RPC I 1708


Augustus, with Gaius Caesar, ( 27 B.C - 14 A.D.)
Phrygia, Apamea.
Gaius Masonius Rufus, Magistrate
Ӕ20
O: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ, laureate head right.
R: ΓΑΙΟΣ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΓΑΙΟΣ ΜΑΣΩΝΙΟΣ ΡΟΥΦΟΣ ΑΠAΜΕΩΝ, Gaius Caesar in facing quadriga.
20mm
4.46g
RPC 3129


Tiberius (14 - 34 A.D.)
AR Tetradrachm
EGYPT, Alexandria
O: [TI]BERIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head of Tiberius right; LID (date) in right field.
R: QEOS SEBASTOS, radiate head of Augustus left.
EGYPT, Alexandria Mint, year 14=27/28 A.D.
13.43g
23mm
RPC I 5090; Milne 54; Emmett 61

 

I have a few to share.

This was one of my earlier ancient purchases:

Augustus Caesar, BC 27 - 14 AD
AE, As, 9.5g, 27mm; 2h; Rome mint, BC 6
Obv.:CAESAR AVGVSTVS PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT; bare head right
Rev.: A LICIN NERVA SILIAN IIIVIR AAAFF around large SC with dot between

I have sort of a soft spot for coins from Hispania.

Octavian, 27 BC - AD 14
AE32, 16g, 6h; Colonia Celsa.
Obv.: II VIR COL V I CELSA; bare head of Octavian right.
Rev.: Bull right; L.POMPE.BVCCO above, L.CORNE.FRONT (moneyers).

This one I thought had a nice portrait with a nearly done reverse.

Caesar Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14
Æ24, 8g, 12h; Antioch mint, 4/5 BC.
Obv.: AΡXIEΡEI KAIΣAΡ ΣEB; Laureate head right.
Rev.: AΡXIE / ΡATIKON / ANTIO/ XEIΣ / ZK within wreath of an archiereus.

 

LOL, I can just SEE the enthusiasm in @Carthago 's post: Yeah, Augustus was a WIMP!

His DAUGHTER:

Judaea Pontius Pilate - Prutah IOYLIA KAICAPOC daughter of Caesar Augustus


AUGUSTUS DEAD:

RI Augustus DIVUS under Tiberius 22-23 CE Radiate Alter


Probable TRIBUTE PENNY:

RI Augustus AR Denarius - Sear 1578 NGC4276216-007.JPG


QUINARIUS: (getting away from the typical Denarii)

RI Augustus 25-23 BCE AR Quinarius Emerita Augusta Sear 1642


ORICHACUM:

RI Augustus oak crown -Agrippa rostral crown L AE Dupondius 26mm 12.6g 10-14 CE Nemausus chained Croc wreaths RIC I 158

 

I would really like to add one of the Augustus / Agrippa coins.

 

a nice one struck under Tiberius and a not so pretty one struck under Titus.

 

Dang @Bing !